An increasing number of British women are travelling to war-torn Syria to marry jihadists from the UK, with some seeing them as leading a ‘perfect life’.

Many are thought to be marrying jihadists on the internet, as strict Islamic code forbids unmarried women to travel alone, according to researchers at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King’s College, London.

Oz-Rita noticed in one of his clips about that Anti-semitic French ‘comedian’ who invented and spreads a kind of inverted Nazi-Salute so it gets by the authorities, a segment where he explains why he doesn’t attack Jews in his Youtube postings. She felt it was worth sharing with us.

Bombs exploded in predominantly Shi’ite Muslim districts of the Iraqi capital and in the southern city of Hilla on Tuesday, killing at least 49 people, police and hospital sources said.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for any of the attacks, but Shi’ites are a target for Sunni Islamist insurgents who have been regaining ground in Iraq over the past year and overran several towns in recent weeks.

“Al Qaeda terrorist groups stand behind today’s attacks in Hilla to confuse the security forces and cause high casualties among civilians,” he said. “They are criminals and they never get enough of innocent blood”.

[…]In Tuesday’s attacks, 35 people were killed in seven car bomb explosions inside Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, and the nearby towns of Haswa, Mahaweel and Mussayab. At least 90 people were wounded.

This is a leaked video from May 2013 showing French ambassador to Syria, Eric Chevallier, having an argument with members of the “Syrian National Coalition” in Istanbul, Turkey. The French ambassador tells the SNC that they do not deserve the efforts that they have made. There was some argument about not acting on an agreement. There were also accusations of insults and shouting made by the ambassador to one of the SNC members. The video also shows how some were concerned with the weapon supply being cut off due to the latest stance by the French.

Deutshe Welle – video – Saudi Arabia: In Saudi Arabia, women are forbidden from driving and from appearing in public without a male guardian. Madiha al Ajroush has defied that ban. The photographer and activist is a veteran of the campaign to lift the ban on women’s driving. She’s often frustrated by the slow pace of change in her country, both in popular attitudes and in laws.

One of the U.S. Navy ships that was tasked to the Black Sea in case of emergency at the Olympic Games in Sochi never made it — it ran aground as it was pulling into Turkey, a senior U.S. military official said

The USS Taylor has been out of commission for about a week, NBC reported.

The Taylor, a guided-missile frigate, was supposed to serve as an emergency evacuation vessel for Americans in case of a terror attack at the Olympics.

It pulled into Samsun, Turkey, last Wednesday for a regular port of call but ran aground. The prop was damaged, and it’s still at port, as inspectors look for more damage, NBC said.

The ship is “inoperable for now,” and it’s not known how long it will stay at the port, a senior military official said, to NBC.